2009 Portland
Pacific City
For our last day we headed to the coast again. This time we went to Pacific City, the same place George and Stacie got engaged. We wanted to climb the giant Sand Dune at Cape Kiwanda. When we arrived there was a truck stuck in the sand on the beach. The idiot had gotten stuck … Continue reading
Around Portland and Brewersfest
We slept in a bit on Thursday since we didn’t have anything planned until 2pm and we were driving all day Wednesday. We started off the day by visiting the Portland Rose Test Garden. I had no idea there were so many roses, wierd ones too. They were all in full Bloom and so gorgeous! … Continue reading
Back to Portland
Our trek from Glacier National Park back to Portland was rather uneventful, and yet satisfying. We drove all the way through, only stopping in Coeur D’Alene for lunch (which was a completely unexpected yet beautiful city in Idaho). Again, somewhere in Montana we hit a giant hailstorm of bugs. We seemed to literally drive through … Continue reading
Oregon Coast to Seaside
Tuesday was relaxing. We got up and had the continental breakfast (we made it a point to eat itevery day, no sense spending money on a meal that was included with your hotel). We took our time checking out and headed to do laundry. Since we’re here for 3 weeks we intentionally only packed enough … Continue reading
Crater Lake National Park
We headed to Crater Lake National Park early Monday morning from Bend Oregon. To get there we took the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway which circles Mount Bachelor along alpine lakes and meadows. It took longer than necessary, but we’re out here for the scenery right? We saw great views of snow capped mountains, Deer (likely … Continue reading
